NET5 projects may throw the error BinaryFormatter serialization and deserialization are disabled within this application
Environment
Product | Progress® Telerik® Reporting | Up to R3 2020 |
Description
The following error: Error registering the viewer with the service. An error has occurred. BinaryFormatter serialization and deserialization are disabled within this application might be thrown after upgrade to .NET 5 from .NET Core or Blazor Projects.
Error Message
Error registering the viewer with the service. An error has occurred. BinaryFormatter serialization and deserialization are disabled within this application. See https://aka.ms/binaryformatter for more information.
Solution
In the Telerik Reporting R1 2021 release, the issue is resolved. If you are using a previous version, we strongly recommend upgrading. If that's not possible, you can use the suggested workaround below.
Suggested Workarounds
Add the following lines of code to the csproj
file:
<PropertyGroup>
<TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
<EnableUnsafeBinaryFormatterSerialization>true</EnableUnsafeBinaryFormatterSerialization>
</PropertyGroup>